Improvement in lubricating-cups for steam-engines



UNITED STATES PATENT @EETcEc MAURICE VERGNES, OFl NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEIJF AND ALPHONSE PERRIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN LUBRICATING-CUPS F OR STEAM-ENGINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,354, dated September25, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE VEReNEs, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved LubrioatingVessel for Steam-Engines, 85o.; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, and of its mode or manner of operation, reference being had tothe aocompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a lubricating-vessel for use insteam-en gines and elsewhere, and by which oil can be supplied to thepiston of an engine while the engine is in motion, and without any sucharrangement or combination of stop-cocks, faucets, 6to., as are requiredin lubricators such as are used generally.

Figure 1 is a general view of the entire vessel or lubricator. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of oneof the plates of the lubricator.

Such improved lubricator or lubricatingvessel is constructedsubstantially as follows A stem or tap of metal, A, the lower end ofwhich is to be screwed or fastened into the cylinder, passes through andforms the center otl the lubricator, and to the top of such piece ot'metal is tted the cup B. The lower part of such stem or tap A is a-lsofashioned or fitted with a projecting part, C, or its equivalent, togive support to the central movable oil-vessel hereinafter mentioned. Inthe upper end of such stem or tap, and usually central therein, is madean openin g or oil-passage, n., which extends into such stem Asufficiently far, so that the side passages or openings, a a', drilledfrom the opposite sides ot' such stem A and connecting with the centralpassage, a, will open into the central movable oilvessel referred to.Such oil-passage a opens also into the oil-cup B at the top. Inthe lowerend of such stem A a similar oilfpassage, b, is made, extending upwardor into such stem far enough to also connect, by means of sideconnections similar to the ones a a, with the same central movableoil-vessel. The side openings or passages, a al, and those similarthereto opening into the lower passage, b, of the stem A, are placeddirectly over each other in such stem.

Below the oil-cup B, and supported by and turning 011 or around the stemA, and between the fixed plates c and d, is a second or central oilvessel or chamber, E, which is moved backward and forward by the handlesor arms D D. Such central or movable oil-vessel, E, is entirely close,except that in the inner side, f, which surrounds and lies against ornear to the stem A, there Vare, near the top of suoli vessel, suitableopenings 1 1, to connect with the oil-passages a a',- and at rightangles thereto, or nearly so, there are also, near thc bottom of suchvessel E, other openings, 2 2, to connect with the passages leading tothe oil-passage b. In `the top of such vessel E there are also one ormore openings, 3 3, which in certain positions of such vessel open intothe recesses g g in the plate c.

When the central oil-vessel, E, is in the posit-ion shown in Fig. 2-thatis, when the haudles or arms D Dl are in linewith the openings g g inthe plate c-the openings l 1 are in line with or connect with theoil-passages a a', and the openings 3 3 are also in connection with oropen into the recesses g g. If oil is then poured into the cup B, itwill pass into the vessel or chamber E, and the air in such vessel willat the same time escape through the openings 3 3 and recesses g g. Apartial revolution of the vessel E, so as to bring or place the arms -DD' atv right angles with the openings g g, shuts o communication betweenthe side passages, a af, and the openings 1 l, and also between theopenings 3 3 and the ones g g, and the oil is retainedin the vessel E,ready for use. When it is desired to supply oil to the piston in thecylinder the vessel E is revolved still farther by the arms D D', and tothe limits of its allowed movement, which is such as to bring theopenings 2 2 in connection with the side passages, which connect withthe oil channel or passage b, when the oil iiows into the cylinder andupon'the piston.V

The arrangement and-location in respect to each other ofthe sidepassages at the top and bottom of the stem and of the passages at thetop and bottom of the vessel E may be changed or transposed, it beingonly necessary that they should be so arranged that when the pas sagesare opened, so as to till thc vessel E with oil, the lower passagesshall not loe in communication, and when. the latter are incommunication, so as to supply the oil to the cylinder, the former onesshould not be in communication.

The openings g g in the plate c are made of considerable length comparedwith the size of the openings 3 3, so that as the vessel E is revolvedsuch openin 01s 3 3 will communicate or -open into the passages g g somelittle time before the openings l l reach the passages ot a andcommunication is opened with the oil-cup '13. It', therefore, at anytime, the cup B is connecting or inserting the handles into suchoilvessel furnishes an easy and convenient method ot cleaning the cup orvessel E when filled with thickened oil or other matters, it being onlynecessary to take out one or both handles', when the steam will at onceblovr out any matters that may he collected in such vessel. A

In the construction of such lubricating vessel or machine no stop-cocksor faucets of any kind are necessary or required either for regulatingthe admission of oil to the central Yes` sel or from it to the cylinder;and the Whole construction and arrangement is simple in operation andnot likely to get out ot' order.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. The arrangement of the movable oil ves- Y sel or reservoir E, incombination with the cup B and oil-passages a and b and theirconnections with such reservoir E, the Whole arranged and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. rlvhe arrangement of' the openings g g in the tiXcd plate c, incombination with the openings 3 3 in the oil-vessel E, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

M. VERGNES.

Witnesses: Y l

S. D. LAW, FRED. B. SEARS.

